There is two ways of looking at it. It's good because it indicates that the BCNU chemo that she had on Saturday is doing it's job. It's bad because she has extreme fatigue today, and she just vomited a little bit. The extreme diarrhea that she had is just about over, and they have her rate and rythym under control. They are going to adjust her heart medicine because they would like to get the heart rate a little lower.
They have changed the time for Mary Jo's second stem cell infusion from 11:30am to 1:30m CDT. It looks like they are running a little late. They just rolled in the cart with the stem cell containers. Mary Jo will be receiving the last five bags of her stem cells today.
Nurse Practicioner, Liz just arrived. So we should be starting shortly. You got to love Liz. She just passed out grape Dum Dum suckers. They are mainly for Mary Jo because the stem cell infusions cause a foul taste in the recipients mouth. To make sure that she wouldn't taste anything Mary Jo doubled up on the grape suckers. Then Nurse Jayme comes in and takes her temperature. Two suckers and a thermometer. That's a mouth full.
Below are her blood levels. Liz said that Mary Jo might be able to be discharged tomorrow, if the rest of the day goes well. Got to go. The infusions have started.
05/07/13 00:01WBC: 0.3* thou/uL (3.9-10.7) Hemoglobin Blood: 10.7* g/dL (11.8-16.0) PCV BLOOD: 30* % (36-43) MEAN PLATELET VOLUME: 10.1 fL (9.3-12.8) PLATELET COUNT: 41* thou/uL (135-371) Red Blood Cells: 3.22* mil/uL (4.00-5.50) MCV: 93 fL (81-98) MCH: 33.2* pg (27.0-32.0) Mean Corpuscle Hemoglobin Concentration: 35.7* g/dL (31.0-35.0) Red Blood Cells Width Distribution: 15.8* % (11.1-14.3)
Here's some pictures from this mornings infusions:
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